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Netflix’s TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM & MADNESS Shows That Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Like many, Movies In Focus is locked-down and loaded, keeping a low profile and waiting for the Coronavirus to run its course so that normality (or what’s left of it) can resume. Netflix is obviously getting a good workout at the moment and [...]

March 31, 2020

Acting Legend Don Johnson Joins Jeremy Saulnier’s REBEL RIDGE

The mighty Don Johnson needs no introduction to readers of Movies In Focus. The Miami Vice/Nash Bridges legend delivers each time he’s on screen and most recently he did sterling work in Watchmen and Knives Out. Johnson has now been cast [...]

February 27, 2020

Movies In Focus At The 2020 EE BAFTA Film Awards And The Full Winners List

Sunday 2 February 2020 was the day when the film industry donned its finest (recycled) clothing before descending on London’s Royal Albert Hall for the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards. Movies In Focus once again attended the event, [...]

February 3, 2020

Trailer: Anne Hathaway & Ben Affleck In THE LAST THING HE WANTED

It would appear that Netflix is really going to town on delivering the type of mid-budget, adult oriented thriller that Hollywood rarely makes anymore (see The Irishman, Triple Frontier etc). This time around it’s Anne Hathaway against Ben [...]

January 25, 2020

BAFTA 2020: Nominations For The EE British Academy Film Awards

It looks like Joker is no laughing matter. Todd Phillips’ Blockbusting DC Comics film leads the pack at the 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s Netflix produced drama The Irishman and Quentin [...]

January 7, 2020

First Full Trailer For Steven Moffat & Mark Gatiss’ DRACULA Has Some Serious Bite

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is one tale that can stand multiple interpretations. From F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu to Todd Browning’s Dracula through to Christopher Lee‘s iconic turn and beyond, it’s a character that can be [...]

December 14, 2019

The 2020 Golden Globes Full Nominations List

It’s easy to become cynical when you write about movies. You get to see the good, the bad and the ugly and sometimes that makes you jaded. However, there’s nothing like watching quality movies succeed and when you see the list of [...]

December 9, 2019

Harrison Ford Takes The Lead In New True-Life Murder Mystery Series THE STAIRCASE

Over the last several years there have been a lot of great true-life crime documentaries. One of the best of these is Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s The Staircase, which which followed the trial of novelist Michael Peterson, who was accused of [...]

November 23, 2019

Trailer: Netflix Gives Michael Bay All The Money In The World For 6 UNDERGROUND

Movies In Focus is one of those people who complained for years that Michael Bay needed to ditch the Transformers franchise and try something new. He’s finally done that with Netflix‘s uber-expensive 6 Underground. This trailer is as [...]

October 1, 2019

Return To Innocence: The New Trailer For THE IRISHMAN

Look, we all know that Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is going to be good. Great even. But we’re all curious about the de-ageing technology which is going to make it’s stars (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel and Joe Pesci) [...]

September 28, 2019

Trailer For Steven Soderbergh’s THE LAUNDROMAT

God bless Steven Soderbergh, the patron saint of cinema. He’s one of the few still delivering top-tier movies, where the focus is character and plot – not super powers and spandex. It looks like Soderbergh is going to deliver again with [...]

August 28, 2019

Pierce Brosnan In EUROVISION

I had no interest in the upcoming Will Ferrell/Rachel McAdams Netflix comedy Eurovision. None at all. In fact, I don’t think I knew it existed. However, it’s now on my ‘must-see’ list because of its recent cast signing: [...]

August 10, 2019

Trailer For Martin Scorsese’s Much Anticipated THE IRISHMAN

The gangster movie dream team of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel join forces for Martin Scorsese‘s long-awaited The Irishman. Netflix has dropped over $150 million on this decades-spanning crime film and the majority of [...]

August 1, 2019

ROLLING THUNDER REVUE: A BOB DYLAN STORY BY MARTIN SCORSESE – This Looks Like A Music Documentary!

Dylan. Scorsese. Netflix. This is a match made in music and movie lovers heaven. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese looks like the real deal – a rich, textured music documentary. If anyone can do Bob Dylan and his [...]

June 4, 2019

Who Will Avenge Us? A Cinematic Endgame

Movies In Focus finally caught J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier on Netflix. It’s a great flick. Who doesn’t want an entertaining tough hombre heist movie? It’s a guys on a mission, neo-western. Swap a helicopter for a stagecoach [...]

April 15, 2019

Trailer: Kevin Costner & Woody Harrelson Take Down Bonnie & Clyde In THE HIGHWAYMEN

Hot on the heels of the great looking (but spoiler filled) trailer for Netflix’s Ben Affleck-led thriller Triple Frontier, comes the first look at the streaming services’ The Highwaymen. Toplined by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson [...]

February 21, 2019

Trailer & Poster: Ben Affleck-Led TRIPLE FRONTIER Looks Like A Punchy Thriller

J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier drops on Netflix on 13 March and it totally looks like Movies In Focus‘ jam. Tough guys in tough situations, with a cast made-up of Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, Pedro Pascal. I [...]

February 16, 2019

Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA Is A Soulful Cinematic Prayer

Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a soulful cinematic prayer. It’s an open letter which embraces and reverences childhood, class struggles and politics. It’s also a sweetly composed film – one which lulls you into its power, before hitting you [...]

January 28, 2019

Steven Soderbergh Does Netflix With HIGH FLYING BIRD

I will follow every cinematic journey that Steven Soderbergh decides to go on. I’ve been hooked since Out Of Sight back in 1998 and every film he delivers offers something of brilliance. He’s back with sports drama High Flying Bird [...]

January 17, 2019

Review: Kurt Russell Is A Kick-Ass Santa Claus In THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES

Your appreciation of The Christmas Chronicles will depend on your age, or your excitement over the concept of seeing Kurt Russell as Santa Claus. If you’re under 15 then you’ll likely enjoy this festive family flick as a kid’s adventure [...]

December 24, 2018

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